Polygyny and Sexual Selection in Red-Winged Blackbirds /

Polygyny and Sexual Selection in Red-Winged Blackbirds / / Ken Yasukawa, William A. Searcy.

The purpose of this book is to explain why red-winged blackbirds are polygynous and to describe the effects of this mating system on other aspects of the biology of the species. Polygyny is a mating system in which individual males form long-term mating relationships with more than one female at a t...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
VerfasserIn:
Searcy, William A.,
Yasukawa, Ken,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]
©1995
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:Monographs in Behavior and Ecology ; 39
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Physical Description:1 online resource (332 p.) :; 69 line illus. 35 tables
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Parental Care
  • 3. Territoriality
  • 4. Female Reproductive Success
  • 5. Female Choice of Breeding Situation
  • 6. Polygyny
  • 7. Sexual Selection in Progress
  • 8. Adaptations for Sexual Selection
  • 9. Polygyny, Sexual Selection, and Female Red-winged Blackbirds
  • 10. Conclusions
  • Common and Scientific Names
  • References
  • Author Index
  • Taxonomic Index
  • Subject Index

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